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the third city in california to seek protection from creditors in recent weeks. so, table, scranton's financial problems, they're not new. they've had problems for decades. they're not unique. and i think this recession has combined with a long-term industrial decline and increasing income segregation between communities to really destroy the tax basis of places like scranton. so you have not communities like scranton unable to be support public safety and quality education and meanwhile have communities where the affluent have clustered aren'tal to subsidize them. are we basically becoming a nation of up closet communities and ghettos. >> there's really a perfect storm because you take communities that were poor to start with. then you take states that you know, their budgets have been destroyed because their tax bases are decimated and the state is not in position to do anything for the city or the municipality. the federal government provided a little bit of relief in the stimulus in 2009. that's pretty much run its course. the aid took the form of eight to st
the third city in california to seek protection from creditors in recent weeks. so, table, scranton's financial problems, they're not new. they've had problems for decades. they're not unique. and i think this recession has combined with a long-term industrial decline and increasing income segregation between communities to really destroy the tax basis of places like scranton. so you have not communities like scranton unable to be support public safety and quality education and meanwhile have...
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yes, the incoming president studied in the u.s., he actually taught in california for a little bit. two of these children are american citizens, he himself says he wants to have good relations with the united states. but why egypt matters for several reasons. for 30 years since the peace treaty with israel, the peace treaty has been the corner stone of their foreign policy in egypt. more importantly, the suez canal through which so much of the world's oil passes through on a daily basis, all of that matters to the u.s. in that region. if egypt becomes a democracy, there's no doubt it will have a spillover effects on other countries, there's no doubt egypt is an important lynch pin of u.s. interests across the region. >> one thing that is interesting to note here, unlike syria, even though we don't know exactly what sort of a face and what sort of a a relationship we're o be able to have with morsi, we have more leverage with egypt because th rely on our foreign aid. they're the second largest non nato recipient of foreign aid in the united states. they also have a weak economy, so i
yes, the incoming president studied in the u.s., he actually taught in california for a little bit. two of these children are american citizens, he himself says he wants to have good relations with the united states. but why egypt matters for several reasons. for 30 years since the peace treaty with israel, the peace treaty has been the corner stone of their foreign policy in egypt. more importantly, the suez canal through which so much of the world's oil passes through on a daily basis, all of...
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there are recent polls out of massachusetts, connecticut and california in the last 24 hours that shows obama losing nine to ten points even more than that in connecticut off of his 2008 performance and that would represent a pretty substantial decline that's greater than that elsewhere in the country. in terms of the hurricane it's hard to say. i'm not sure about what areas are affected. the atlantic coast of new jersey is not in a democratic area. staten island will vote for romney. suffolk county, new york is divided. i don't know how much turnout will fall on the city of new york. if i want does it would make a difference. >> democrats are contesting on the shore, there's talk maybe the republican areas hardest hit there. i want to ask you another thing about the battleground. i took a look this morning and it seems there's basically a fire wall here that obama has on tuesday that involves three states, ohio, wisconsin, and nevada. if romney won basically everything else that's up for grabs in not these three states he would be short of 270. he would have 267. if you look at the cle
there are recent polls out of massachusetts, connecticut and california in the last 24 hours that shows obama losing nine to ten points even more than that in connecticut off of his 2008 performance and that would represent a pretty substantial decline that's greater than that elsewhere in the country. in terms of the hurricane it's hard to say. i'm not sure about what areas are affected. the atlantic coast of new jersey is not in a democratic area. staten island will vote for romney. suffolk...
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california reformed its three strikes law which had sent millions of monoviol nonviolent users to jails for decades. it's dawning on voters, judges cops, politicians that imprisoning people doesn't work. after all the billions spent and the millions of arrests and incarcerated people, drugs remain cheap, potent and easily purchased and the financial and spiritual cost of imprisoning more people than any other nation in the world is not sustainable. our next guest wrote a great new york magazine cover story about the future of the war on druks titled "the truce on drugs." we can only hope. benjamin wallace wells, ho aw a you, sir? >> i'm great. >> i'm thrilled by the movement away from prohibition. not because i want to get high. not because there's people who want to get high and can't because it's illegal, that's certainly not the case. but because it does not work when we treat marijuana differently from alcohol. is that correct? >> i think that is correct. one of the things you've seen just in the last five years is a movement of the position that the war on drugs has failed out from
california reformed its three strikes law which had sent millions of monoviol nonviolent users to jails for decades. it's dawning on voters, judges cops, politicians that imprisoning people doesn't work. after all the billions spent and the millions of arrests and incarcerated people, drugs remain cheap, potent and easily purchased and the financial and spiritual cost of imprisoning more people than any other nation in the world is not sustainable. our next guest wrote a great new york magazine...
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what i research in my book is one county in california that made the decision to just you know recognize the dinosaur in the room and save their economy by taxing the simple plant. crime went down locally. it worked for everyone. >> his most recent comments on the matter have been decriminalization is not on the table. >> that is -- that is what he said at a town hall meeting i think summer of 2011. we'll see what would happen in a second term, but -- >> maybe it's part of his secret agenda. >> thanks, krystal. doug fien, thanks so much for that. >>> having the murnlgis is about to get pricier because america's drought will hit your wallet no matter where you are in the country. a live report up next. that's part of why i say peter tosh was right. [ male announcer ] when a major hospital wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's bottom line, their very first word was... [ to the tune of "lullaby and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ aflac [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. [ yawning sound ] ♪ [ male an
what i research in my book is one county in california that made the decision to just you know recognize the dinosaur in the room and save their economy by taxing the simple plant. crime went down locally. it worked for everyone. >> his most recent comments on the matter have been decriminalization is not on the table. >> that is -- that is what he said at a town hall meeting i think summer of 2011. we'll see what would happen in a second term, but -- >> maybe it's part of his...
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not so much nationally but in california because there are a certain specific conditions in california that are much more conducive i think to municipal bankruptcy. can you talk about what's unique to california that could allow for more san bernardinos? >> part of it is they allow bankruptcy. half of the states allow cities to declare bankruptcy. the other problem in california and a lot of this gets back to proposition 13, which limits property taxes, is cities don't necessarily have that much control over their taxes. so as the state got into trouble, they actually start playing gapes a ining games and different revenue sources. as cities get into trouble, they don't have as many options to try to get out of trouble and they need voter approval to pass any new taxes. so it's kind of a california specific set of problems in that they don't control their revenues. they actually have pretty high expenditure costs in part because of labor contracts and it's not really clear when the housing bubble burst how they were going to make up that money that they no longer had. >> s.e., i know y
not so much nationally but in california because there are a certain specific conditions in california that are much more conducive i think to municipal bankruptcy. can you talk about what's unique to california that could allow for more san bernardinos? >> part of it is they allow bankruptcy. half of the states allow cities to declare bankruptcy. the other problem in california and a lot of this gets back to proposition 13, which limits property taxes, is cities don't necessarily have...
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they created lady's night in burbank, california, to boost sales by staying open late. make sure to support your local retailers on november 24th for the small business saturday. for more, watch "your business" on msnbc. [ female announcer ] a classic meatloaf recipe from stouffer's starts with ground beef, unions, and peppers baked in a ketchup glaze with savory gravy and mashed russet potatoes. what makes stouffer's meatloaf best of all? that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. let's fix dinner. >>> on top of the show this afternoon, president obama held the first in a series of meetings at the white house this week aimed at averting the fiscal cliff. gradual fiscal slope, while some think it's pleasant, new poll results show americans are worried. 68% say the $600 billion in automatic tax increases and spending cuts would have a major effect on the u.s. economy. 44% say it would have a major effect on their own financial situation. and there's little confidence both sides can work together and find a compromise. only 38% say the president and congress will reach
they created lady's night in burbank, california, to boost sales by staying open late. make sure to support your local retailers on november 24th for the small business saturday. for more, watch "your business" on msnbc. [ female announcer ] a classic meatloaf recipe from stouffer's starts with ground beef, unions, and peppers baked in a ketchup glaze with savory gravy and mashed russet potatoes. what makes stouffer's meatloaf best of all? that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's....
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i think this is a great story out of california. jerry brown. age 74. he's been in politics for like 50 years. his father was the governor in the '60s and he managed something incredible this year in california. ungovernable state, he went out and campaigned for a tax hike and the voters approved it and gave democrats a supermajority in the state legislature and first time since we can remember, an opportunity, a two-year window for big and innovative things to happen in california and interesting to watch next year. i put that nomination out there for the heck of it. >> i like it. well, hey, maybe we have to consider you next time as we go around and try to pick the politicos. >> anna, any time you talk about politics, you should consider talking to steve kornacki snowing pretty much everything. i'm glad you put camilla harris on the list. attorney general of california. serious contender i think for the governor's mansion coming up. but a name that isn't on the list that i'm surprised and i think should be on the list, somebody who a lot of people wil
i think this is a great story out of california. jerry brown. age 74. he's been in politics for like 50 years. his father was the governor in the '60s and he managed something incredible this year in california. ungovernable state, he went out and campaigned for a tax hike and the voters approved it and gave democrats a supermajority in the state legislature and first time since we can remember, an opportunity, a two-year window for big and innovative things to happen in california and...
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no, you wouldn't. >> the california bigfoot institute. you learn something. >> i made that up. >> is that affiliated with ucla? anyway, up next, s.e. will turn the tables, it is her turn to relive a year of me, i guess. >> yes! >> oh, what a year it was. irrational fears and all. but first, more from our hon honorary fifth cyclist. >> and when america needed it most who got us rolling on the road to recovery? america, we need to rev up our engines! in your car and on your ballot. the "d" is for drive forward. the "r" is for reverse. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind
no, you wouldn't. >> the california bigfoot institute. you learn something. >> i made that up. >> is that affiliated with ucla? anyway, up next, s.e. will turn the tables, it is her turn to relive a year of me, i guess. >> yes! >> oh, what a year it was. irrational fears and all. but first, more from our hon honorary fifth cyclist. >> and when america needed it most who got us rolling on the road to recovery? america, we need to rev up our engines! in your...
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california's the only state that did that. if the supreme court barely upholds the court of appeals ruling, that would be good for california only. if the supreme court dives fully into in and gets into the basic constitutional question about whether states can block same-sex marriage, then, yes, they would get to it. they won't -- the mere fact they took up the case, we don't know whether it will go that far. >> pete williams, thank you. >> you bet. >> straight ahead, a day that changed the course of history as you have never seen it before. on this anniversary the military channel will premiere "pearl harbor unclassified." begin. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. [ man thinking ] oh, this gas. those antacids aren't working. oh no, not that, not here! [ male announcer ] antacids don't
california's the only state that did that. if the supreme court barely upholds the court of appeals ruling, that would be good for california only. if the supreme court dives fully into in and gets into the basic constitutional question about whether states can block same-sex marriage, then, yes, they would get to it. they won't -- the mere fact they took up the case, we don't know whether it will go that far. >> pete williams, thank you. >> you bet. >> straight ahead, a day...
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there was a great piece in national journal today that talked about how california used to be a swing state where places went back and forth. we see these things change. now this era of the end of the national campaign could change in the future, but for now it seems here to stay. >> chris, that national journal report talked about the president's team maybe pulling out of key states like north carolina, virginia, and florida while unwilling to concede that they might be losing in those states. let's play the what-if game, if you would indulge me for a minute. we never had an electoral college tie, 269-269. more and more people like our friend nate silver are talking about the possibility of an electoral tie this year. what do you make of that? is that wishful thinking? do we want some absurd, hilarious scenario? >> as journalists we wanted tochto. a tie would be historic. it would go to the house of representatives, of course, ruled by the republicans at this time. the odds are pretty small. obama's campaign is looking at other states. this is a plan b, because they know they can pic
there was a great piece in national journal today that talked about how california used to be a swing state where places went back and forth. we see these things change. now this era of the end of the national campaign could change in the future, but for now it seems here to stay. >> chris, that national journal report talked about the president's team maybe pulling out of key states like north carolina, virginia, and florida while unwilling to concede that they might be losing in those...
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california, the prop 8 decision where voters of california voted to allow same-sex marriages and then a few months later voted to write into the state constitution that such unions were illegal. if the supreme court decides not to take up that case, then people in california -- gay people in california would be able to get married almost immediately. but if they do take up the case, then the question of a right to marry goes to the supreme court. very fascinating time. >> are you surprised that they decided not to -- >> yes, i am surprised. and i will be even more surprised if they don't do something on monday. i think a lot of people are waiting. >> i'm hoping that the supreme court will weigh in on this. i want to see the courts and perhaps the legislature deal with this and not leave to the voters because the voters often get these things wrong. i don't think civil rights question shoes go to voters partly because you get into the thing of the whim of the voters and where the political whims are. we don't vote in this country on fundamental rights. freedom of speech will always be
california, the prop 8 decision where voters of california voted to allow same-sex marriages and then a few months later voted to write into the state constitution that such unions were illegal. if the supreme court decides not to take up that case, then people in california -- gay people in california would be able to get married almost immediately. but if they do take up the case, then the question of a right to marry goes to the supreme court. very fascinating time. >> are you...
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and he joins us from california. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so tell me about how did you decide to write this book? it's an interesting combination of surfing which is associated with sort of peaceful mindset and you're taking it to it a very troubled region in the world. where did the idea come from? >> yeah, well, i graduated from college in may 2009. i couldn't get a job. only thing i could do was get a freelance assignment from the surfer's journal to go tell the story of the middle east through surfing from israel to lebanon. and how i wanted to do it is not from the same old approach of just going there and meeting with officials, et cetera, et cetera. i wanted to do it in a way that would really relate to something i really liked, but also really allowed me to be embedded with the people through multiple different culture, israeli, lebanese, palestinian, jordanians, and really see and experience what they experience and see how they think and you what they do. >> so what was your
and he joins us from california. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so tell me about how did you decide to write this book? it's an interesting combination of surfing which is associated with sort of peaceful mindset and you're taking it to it a very troubled region in the world. where did the idea come from? >> yeah, well, i graduated from college in may 2009. i couldn't get a job. only thing i could do was get a freelance assignment from the surfer's...
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earl warren was an attorney general of california but he wound up on the u.s. supreme court as the chief justice and was responsible for brown versus board of education, the integration rules, and many other progressive rulings of the supreme court. dwight hiaasen hower once said the worst decision he ever made was to appoint earl warren to the supreme court. >> one of the people on your list was saul linsky. a lot of tea party groups were actually contributing copies of his work to his minute to understand how to organize. what is saul alinsky's true -- >> newt gingrich is an idiot when he says saul is un-american. he believed in democracy. he believed that people, ordinary people, should have a voice. he was the founder of community organizing. what is community organizing? if you believe sarah palin it's not much. but if you believe the thousands of people around the country that are fighting for better schools, safer streets, for cleaner environment, for better jobs, that's what community organizers do and saul alinsky wrote the textbook on how to be a good
earl warren was an attorney general of california but he wound up on the u.s. supreme court as the chief justice and was responsible for brown versus board of education, the integration rules, and many other progressive rulings of the supreme court. dwight hiaasen hower once said the worst decision he ever made was to appoint earl warren to the supreme court. >> one of the people on your list was saul linsky. a lot of tea party groups were actually contributing copies of his work to his...
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at the university of california, asians are the largest group. white students aren't doing as well. so the part of senator webb's article that i saw the point of, is that we often talk about race in very buynary terms where whites are on top and everyone else is on the bottom. and you do find that top universities, rural whites, working class rural whites, are the least likely to make mir way to the top universities. so you know, i think we are terrible as society about talking about class. that's what i would like us to talk more about. >> joan walsh, author of white what's the matter with white people." and we go to a town in ohio that krystal says it shows what it is all about. you do this every morning? it's the only way to get fresh coffee. not in my house! this new flavor lock pack from maxwell house helps seal in freshness. wow! that is fresh! am i still yelling? [ male announcer ] maxwell house flavor lock. always good to the last drop. begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day wi
at the university of california, asians are the largest group. white students aren't doing as well. so the part of senator webb's article that i saw the point of, is that we often talk about race in very buynary terms where whites are on top and everyone else is on the bottom. and you do find that top universities, rural whites, working class rural whites, are the least likely to make mir way to the top universities. so you know, i think we are terrible as society about talking about class....
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anyone i need -- qume, from california. anyone i know from wyoming can kick the butt of anyone i know from california. they don't need special protection. >> if only screwed twice in 12 years then you're married. thank you so much for being here, mo and victoria. the documentary's on pbs now through ex-day and the book at local bookstores. grab one and figure out the way the process should be and if you can't get enough of mo and who can? also catch him on the new cooking show, my grandmother's ravio ravioli. it sounds tasty. >> tonight on cooking channel, 8:30. it's nonpartisan cooking. i promise. all these grandmothers are undecided voters. tune in and maybe influence them. >> i want a liberal cooking show. thank you. >>> let's go to psychopath, yes, we do it all here. why it pays to be an american psychois next. begin. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, woooooh! [ mal
anyone i need -- qume, from california. anyone i know from wyoming can kick the butt of anyone i know from california. they don't need special protection. >> if only screwed twice in 12 years then you're married. thank you so much for being here, mo and victoria. the documentary's on pbs now through ex-day and the book at local bookstores. grab one and figure out the way the process should be and if you can't get enough of mo and who can? also catch him on the new cooking show, my...
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you know, you have a couple campuses in california, michigan, you have washington, wisconsin. these are sort of generally recognized as the great public research universities in this country, but that value, that question of price, really only applies if you're lucky enough to live in that state. i can think of growing up in massachusetts we had harvard and private schools that were really expensive. we had the university of massachusetts which i love but a lot of people were trying to go out of state to michigan, unc, they're paying a lot more if they're going there. is it much of a value if you're not lucky enough to live in the states. >> if you're going to be paying out of sate tuition, it is a lot of money, but for most of the campuses, most of the kids are in state. even for the cost of out of state if you average those costs out and even with the big tuition increases we've seen at places like the university of california system, these places are still a better value than a lot of the private schools. >> paul, how did you factor in the value of networking? a lot of peop
you know, you have a couple campuses in california, michigan, you have washington, wisconsin. these are sort of generally recognized as the great public research universities in this country, but that value, that question of price, really only applies if you're lucky enough to live in that state. i can think of growing up in massachusetts we had harvard and private schools that were really expensive. we had the university of massachusetts which i love but a lot of people were trying to go out...
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california, texas, none of those could have been settled without extensive borrowing. of course, also a place to escape to. texas the place to escape from the debts in 1837. it was an independent republic. in the middle of that panic, mississippi and louisiana planners who had lost everything, were in serious debt, would escape to texas the next day and sheriff that is came to collect on their debts would -- they'd mark on the back of the forms gtt, gone to texas. texas was really a deadbeat republic until it became a state. >> scott, the end of the book you talk more about the current crisis of 2008. and i'm going to read something you wrote. you said the democratic party embraced wall street following in bill clinton's footsteps. president obama and congressional democrats did not reach for the boom stick instead they sought the counsel of those insiders who had demanded the deregulation of the markets in '90s and talk about ram emanuel and geithner and larry summers. how do we get to rereform then? we had an opportunity to do something. >> we did. and this is the th
california, texas, none of those could have been settled without extensive borrowing. of course, also a place to escape to. texas the place to escape from the debts in 1837. it was an independent republic. in the middle of that panic, mississippi and louisiana planners who had lost everything, were in serious debt, would escape to texas the next day and sheriff that is came to collect on their debts would -- they'd mark on the back of the forms gtt, gone to texas. texas was really a deadbeat...
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we're looking at the governor's mansion one day, perhaps she could be a serious contender coming out of california. but i'm just excited by this massive crowd behind you. they made me think you could be a contender in 2016. >> guys, this has little to do with me and a lot to do with you and i think, like i said, i am picking up on a lot of optimism here this week. i know you'd probably get the same thing if you were going down to tampa for the republicans, but the crowd is in a good mood. >> steve's going to be our eyes and ears in charlotte all week. >>> next, imagine a test where the first question is obvious. then imagine failing that question face palm. we're going to talk about the obvious question that flumoxed obama surrogates. how could that not see it coming? that as "the cycle" moves on for monday, september 3rd. all energy development comes with some risk, but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protec
we're looking at the governor's mansion one day, perhaps she could be a serious contender coming out of california. but i'm just excited by this massive crowd behind you. they made me think you could be a contender in 2016. >> guys, this has little to do with me and a lot to do with you and i think, like i said, i am picking up on a lot of optimism here this week. i know you'd probably get the same thing if you were going down to tampa for the republicans, but the crowd is in a good mood....
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think california back in the 1960s. they created this great system of higher education. look at what's happened in the last 10 20shgs ye, 20 years. whn the bch needs cut, the first place they look is higher education. reduction in state funding for colleges and universities over the last decade. at the same time, tuition has gone up 15% in the last three years. it used to be a great vehicle for the middle class, lower class, middle class a great vehicle to prosperity. these universities were -- >> krit'ystal, should we encour students to go into debt to go to school? >> i was going to address. the rational calculation they're making, the unemployment rate, if you have a college degree versus a high school degree, it's doubled, if you only have a high school degree, and the wage gap is somewhere around $20,000 on an annual basis between having a college degree and not having a college degree. so when people are making that decision, that's not that it's being thrust on them bought hugely impactful economic decision. >>ç the intellectual experienc and not everyone needs
think california back in the 1960s. they created this great system of higher education. look at what's happened in the last 10 20shgs ye, 20 years. whn the bch needs cut, the first place they look is higher education. reduction in state funding for colleges and universities over the last decade. at the same time, tuition has gone up 15% in the last three years. it used to be a great vehicle for the middle class, lower class, middle class a great vehicle to prosperity. these universities were --...
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nonpropry tairt collaboration that's going to build things, you would have said go back to your commune in california, right? but, in fact, now we can point to these things and say they do rktheye changed t plat in ahe ita ways, what else can they do. >> one of the things that marks your work is optimism. you talk northbound this work, when youe a doom seayer, naysayer, ty look at you. onedhe title, this optimism. how do you as a writer and a thinker and as a person who's reserr rearching the world be on mystmis erngbad. verne says, o >> there's two things. the first is as you said progress often takes a form of slow and steady, right? so aviation safety, for instance. you're now more likely to get elected president the united states in your lifetime than you are to die in a plane cras t thatid c thh, you know, miraculous breakthrou breakthrough. it was just every year people were tweaking thesector, sometimes public sector. and it doesn't make newsith each small improment b whe you k p o0r years, you see a real break through. the other problem is it's also lots of people, it's not one individual gen
nonpropry tairt collaboration that's going to build things, you would have said go back to your commune in california, right? but, in fact, now we can point to these things and say they do rktheye changed t plat in ahe ita ways, what else can they do. >> one of the things that marks your work is optimism. you talk northbound this work, when youe a doom seayer, naysayer, ty look at you. onedhe title, this optimism. how do you as a writer and a thinker and as a person who's reserr rearching...
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. >> perhaps stereotypical of a northeastern liberal, i prefer a nice california merlot. i'm a little classier than some other cyclists here. >> clsyer. >> i opted for the more elite beverage. >> pure class over there. >> because i'm a great patriot, sam adams which is actually a republican beer apparently. >> you're close to the aisle there. >> but i don't believe it because the true patriots here. >> also, there are three people from massachusetts here and the one who is not from massachusetts takes the sam adams. >> weird. >> i'm going blue state, california. >> about as far from massachusetts as you can get. >> but it's americana. >> i want to throw in the ring hat tip to brian, i do like dos equis or dos equis. i like the commercials, the most interesting man. >> the oldest man at the club. that's what he is. >> no. >> such a weirdo. he creeps me out. >> those ads were great at the beginning. what they started doing was they took the old chuck norris things and started applying them to him. >> good little lines. >> yorgeoriginally it was great. >> maybe it spoke to m
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we had peter king, congressman from new york, and adam ship, congressman from california. they both gave thifr interpretations. peter king said petraeus said he didn't know who are on when the cia intelligence talking points were edited, and shift said that petraeus said that the reason they were edited was to protect classified information. now, i talked to a former cia counterintelligence official today who said that both of those aassessessments can't rea live in the same word, so maybe there's some misinterpretation of what petraeus said. you can't believe on the one hand petraeus didn't know why the talking points were edited and on the other he had a perfectly good explanation for why the points were edited. make we'll get more on that. i think that we have a deeper understanding here after today about why david petraeus so badly want upped to come out and set the record straight. he didn't want on record that cia intelligence was bad and that was the reason. so that "wall street journal" report we saw yesterday talking about petraeus in his final days at the cia rea
we had peter king, congressman from new york, and adam ship, congressman from california. they both gave thifr interpretations. peter king said petraeus said he didn't know who are on when the cia intelligence talking points were edited, and shift said that petraeus said that the reason they were edited was to protect classified information. now, i talked to a former cia counterintelligence official today who said that both of those aassessessments can't rea live in the same word, so maybe...
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a huge number of people in our poll are from california and new york, states that aren't competitive by population. >> more precise, but more precise in measures what? if you measure the national poll and it moves a few points, it's probably shifting across the board. what do you get more precise about narrowing it to 12 arbitrary states? >> in our case it's 10 battlegrounds we feel comfortable with. you're right. the other key point to bolster your argument is that those ten battlegrounds in terms of aggregating them have roughly tracked almost within one or two points of the national numbers. so it's pretty representative of the country as a whole, but a little bit more precise perhaps. it's one thing we look at, and we cut and slice and dice the sample a lot of different the ways to try and find meaning in the numbers to help people make heads or tails of them. >> james, back to the gallup poll that the president's campaign is unhappy about, and i'm not a poll truther, but it's an odd result to show romney and the president running evenly with women. it sort of defies it. in fact,
a huge number of people in our poll are from california and new york, states that aren't competitive by population. >> more precise, but more precise in measures what? if you measure the national poll and it moves a few points, it's probably shifting across the board. what do you get more precise about narrowing it to 12 arbitrary states? >> in our case it's 10 battlegrounds we feel comfortable with. you're right. the other key point to bolster your argument is that those ten...
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seems many libyans are embarrassed at what happened to the diplomat from california with a law degree and did two stints in the peace corps. he knew the street and the elite, moved without fear through regions where most americans could not go. a man who was a drum major for peace. >> i see opportunities for close partnership between the united states and libya. i look forward to exploring those possibilities with you as we work together to build a free democratic prosperous libya. >> we will never forget a great man, many never heard of before this week, and never forget the optimism and courage he showed in his life. that does it for the cycle. martin, it is
seems many libyans are embarrassed at what happened to the diplomat from california with a law degree and did two stints in the peace corps. he knew the street and the elite, moved without fear through regions where most americans could not go. a man who was a drum major for peace. >> i see opportunities for close partnership between the united states and libya. i look forward to exploring those possibilities with you as we work together to build a free democratic prosperous libya....
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and moved to northern california and got a job logging and started to look around. eventually tv people came up there, and i was working behind the camera. the site was hard to find. dude, you should be in front of the camera. >> how many encounterers have had? >> encounters? dozens. like when they're around, you can hear them and smell them. i haven't smelled that much, but i've seen them a handful of times. i had one daylight sighting, i saw half lean out behind the tree for a half second and it was gone. >> if you're like me, i put myself in the skeptic category, although i want to believe and i would love to see evidence myself of bigfoot. i'm into it. but on the one hand you think, god, there's so many sightings and so many different continents and countries and states. how can all of those people be wrong or lying? on the other hand, where's the body? i want to see the body. what is your most conclusive evidence to me for why sasquatch exists? >> there's a big dna study going on right now. they mapped the genome, and there's other labs confirming it, like oxfo
and moved to northern california and got a job logging and started to look around. eventually tv people came up there, and i was working behind the camera. the site was hard to find. dude, you should be in front of the camera. >> how many encounterers have had? >> encounters? dozens. like when they're around, you can hear them and smell them. i haven't smelled that much, but i've seen them a handful of times. i had one daylight sighting, i saw half lean out behind the tree for a...
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ask meg whitman in california in 2010. she spent $160 million and still lost. you know what? for a state as blue as connecticut is, it's probably closer than it ought to be. i think that murphy did turn around a pretty disastrous performance in august and september is now, in fact, a couple of points ahead. this is not a big early voting absentee ballot state, so every day counts. a race that's three points is one worth watching. >> she has spent $82 million of her own money. we see a lot of linda mcmahon ads in new york and almost no chris murphy ads at all. on the dylan radigan shows, 84% of candidates that outspend their opponents win the election. when you self-finance, the number of winners drops to 11%. they don't tend to win even though they throw tons of money. why do you think that is? >> when you're self-financing, that means you don't have to go through the process of reaching out to people and building the coalition. i'm the first we need to get the money out of politics, et cetera, but there's something to be said by asking for vote and asking for money. you go t
ask meg whitman in california in 2010. she spent $160 million and still lost. you know what? for a state as blue as connecticut is, it's probably closer than it ought to be. i think that murphy did turn around a pretty disastrous performance in august and september is now, in fact, a couple of points ahead. this is not a big early voting absentee ballot state, so every day counts. a race that's three points is one worth watching. >> she has spent $82 million of her own money. we see a lot...
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you know the improvement act created an incentive for states to register people, california last year submitted eight names, eight in the whole state that system doesn't seem to be working. with newtown, adam lanza might have had mental problems and stole guns from his mom. how would that work? >> we need to as a first step take serious tlais we have on the books. we actually purport to keep track of everyone who has been adjudicated mentally ill, drug addicted, alcoholic and they are not supposed to be able to acquire firearms. before we set new rules how about enforcing those rules. everyone is making fun of wayne lapierre for talking about a registry of the mentally ill. in fact that's already federal law. we're supposed to have a registry of people who have been deemed dangerously mentally ill. the fact we can't get the records we already have into that registry is a sad comment on our ability to buckle down and actually take action as opposed to having speeches on both sides. >> yeah. wayne lapierre wants to put guns in every school. of course we know they had an armed guard at c
you know the improvement act created an incentive for states to register people, california last year submitted eight names, eight in the whole state that system doesn't seem to be working. with newtown, adam lanza might have had mental problems and stole guns from his mom. how would that work? >> we need to as a first step take serious tlais we have on the books. we actually purport to keep track of everyone who has been adjudicated mentally ill, drug addicted, alcoholic and they are not...
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these are jobs that could be in oregon, northern california, along the coast in general for which there are well trained and very interested men and women who would take them in a heart beat. >> that from a new documentary "death by china" which takes on our incredibly unbalanced trade relationship with the rapidly developing world power but it is not just the jobs but the trade agreement which forces a 25% tariff on u.s. goods entering china but only 2.5% tariff on chinese goods entering the u.s. this is one of the many reasons we currently owe more than $3 trillion to china. the film draws a stark line between the hard working people in each nation and the governments that are allowing their respective people to be victimized and exploited. >>> joining us now to explain how all this happened and tell us what we can do to fix it is economist peter navarro who wrote, produced, and directed death by china and "forbes" columnist gordon chang who appears in the film, lived and worked in china for nearly two decades. gentlemen, thanks so much for joining us. >> good to be here. >> so, peter
these are jobs that could be in oregon, northern california, along the coast in general for which there are well trained and very interested men and women who would take them in a heart beat. >> that from a new documentary "death by china" which takes on our incredibly unbalanced trade relationship with the rapidly developing world power but it is not just the jobs but the trade agreement which forces a 25% tariff on u.s. goods entering china but only 2.5% tariff on chinese...